Out of the 15 entries this year, 4 are by women, most of them delving into women's struggle for dignity and emancipation. - NBCOUT
Mexican actress Lila Aviles' directorial debut"The Chambermaid," a Kino Lorber release, draws comparisons with Alfonso Cuaron's 2019 Oscar-winning"Roma" as it also focuses on a servant.
Costa Rican Antonella Sudasassi's directorial debut"The Awakening of the Ants" turns on a young seamstress who quietly rebels against her husband's, and on a macro level, society's expectations of her. Karim Ainouz represents Brazil for the first time with his Cannes Un Certain Regard winner,"Invisible Life." While"Life" dwells on the misogynistic society of 1950s Brazil, the film is also a reflection on how little men have changed since, how machismo and misogyny continue to inform life in Brazil to this day.
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